General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Sound
Light
Extra
100
True or False: Light and sound waves can travel through a vacuum. If false, explain why.
False, light can travel through a vacuum. Sound needs a medium so the particles can vibrate to transfer the sound energy.
100
What is the highest point of a wave?
crest
100
What type of wave are sound waves?
longitudinal (mechanical)
100
What type of waves are light waves?
electromagnetic
100
What 2 factors affect the energy of a wave?
frequency, amplitude
200
What is a a material through which a wave travels?
medium
200
What is the lowest point of a wave?
trough
200
What causes sound?
Particles vibrating
200
What is the bending of a light wave as it passes from one medium into a different medium?
refraction
200
What is the most important reason for creating sound proof walls in a recording studio. (What will the walls do with the sound waves?)
absorb sound
300
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
mechanical waves
300
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
wavelength
300
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
amplitude
300
What is the bouncing back of a light wave after it hits a surface?
reflection
300
What determines what color of visible light we see?
the frequency of the wave
400
What are waves where the particles move perpendicular to the direction of motion?
transverse waves
400
What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?
amplitude
400
What determines the pitch of a sound?
the frequency of the wave
400
The higher the frequency, the (higher, lower) the frequency level.
Higher
400
What causes the pitch of a sound to be higher?
A. Sound waves are vibrating less.
B. Sound waves are more compressed.
C. Sound waves are amplified less.
D. Sound waves are more spread out.
B. Sound waves are more compressed.
500
As wave amplitude increases, the energy of the wave...
also increases.
500
Label the whole wave image below correctly.
wavelength
compression
rarefaction
crest
amplitude
wavelength
trough
500
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
Pitch
500
Which of the following is not an electromagnetic wave?
A. gamma ray
B. sound wave
C. radio wave
D. x-ray
E. microwaves
B. sound wave
500
Which of the following is the best example of sound waves being reflected?
A. The sound of a distant train getting louder as it approaches an observer.
B. Water in a glass vibrating because of the sound of thunder.
C. A noise that produces an echo when it bounces off a distant wall.
D. Hearing music being played by a neighbor's stereo through a wall.
C. A noise that produces an echo when it bounces off a distant wall.